Chip design has potential as artificial retina
...le also allowing missiles to differentiate between targets and decoys. For more information on the CNN chip if you are working media, please call Audrey Haar, 703-696-2869, or email haara@onr.navy.mil ....Study could lead to exercise-mimicking drug
...cts of regular exercise. The discovery identifies targets for the discovery of new drugs that could improve ...thway described in this study to identify the best targets for drug discovery. They also seek to determine whether this pathway is pertinent to other tissues s...A combination of targeted therapies may be needed to keep prostate cancer at bay
...s involved in developing resistance to a drug that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) a key growth signaling pathway in cancer. Further, the laboratory findings show that using a different targeted drug after resistance occurred, effectively inhibited tumor growth, suggesting that prostate...Early cardiovascular disease found in asymptomatic individuals
...bnormalities and blood tests to identify potential targets for risk contributor intervention. Screening a healthy, affluent population revealed a high prevalence of covert and overt disease that is not being adequately treated. "Required treatments for individuals with early heart and blood vessel disease r...Nicorandil could improve outcome for angina patients
...tioning will continue to emerge as key therapeutic targets in the development of strategies to manage ischaemic heart disease....Buck Institute researcher identifies new drug targets for Alzheimers disease
Novato, CA New drug targets that could someday help doctors treat Alzheimers D...othesizes that the newly defined cysteine protease targets participate in producing the major portion of the toxic beta-amyloid peptide, which accumulates to f...Newly published data show at-home dialysis therapy may benefit more patients
...hieve currently recommended small solute clearance targets and suggests that minimum targets be better defined. It also challenges us to focus on treating the entire patient to achieve optimal......, an experimental formulation of aspirin that only targets platelets was developed by FitzGerald in collaboration with the Bayer corporation and has been shown to be effective in heart attack prevention. However, whether it is superior to conventional forms of aspirin has never been assessed. Secondly, TxA2 ...Applied Biosystems introduces next generation production level DNA analysis systems
...nd proteomic technology platforms to identify drug targets and diagnostic marker candidates, and to discover novel therapeutic candidates. Its Celera Discovery System online platform is an integrated source of information based on the human genome and other biological and medical sources. Celera Diagnostics,...Racial disparity in cancer survival: Are other factors at work?
...dy. "These arethe areas that should be the primary targets for futureresearch and public health interventions."...Drug cocktail prevents hepatitis B virus from recurring after liver transplant
...as the drug cocktail used for HIV. Since each drug targets the virus in a different way, it reduces the chance that a mutation will develop that renders the treatment ineffective....Emory vaccine study in South Africa achieves significant reductions in pneumonia
...itis, and is administered in infancy. The vaccine targets 7 strains of pneumococcal disease, but its impact on pneumonia in developing countries was heretofore unknown. The vaccine used in South Africa includes two additional strains of pneumococcus that are prevalent in developing countries. The clinica...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
...asic research programs designed to investigate new targets to treat HIV. In addition to GlaxoSmithKline's Drug Discovery and Development Award, the company also provides grants to community based organizations that provide services to those whose lives are most affected by HIV....Experimental pill found to improve symptoms in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
... 1839 (Iressa) is one of a new class of drugs that targets and blocks a key growth signal in cancer cells. The study, presented at the 38th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando, Florida, evaluated 216 patients with recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer who had underg...Molecularly targeted drug slows tumor growth in patients
...that promotes tumor growth or survival. This drug targets the angiogenic process -- the growth of new blood vessels that provide a supply of oxygen and nutrients that are necessary for a growing tumor. Bevacizumab is an antibody that neutralizes the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein, one of...Columbia University receives $2.75 million for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease research
... We believe our methodology will help us find new targets in the brain to help prevent and treat these disor...ect. Once identified, the genes could be potential targets for therapeutic drug development. We are pleased to establish this impor...Jefferson scientists create first animal model of common type of leukemia
...he malignancy and provides us with interesting new targets involved in the earliest steps in the disease." S...eract with TCL-1. Eventually, we'll discover other targets in the future now that we know this pathway is important." According to Dr. Croce, because the mouse...Jefferson scientists find Cox-2 may play role in some brain tumors
...s frequently return after treatment. Few molecular targets for drugs for these diseases are known. Dr. Dicker wondered if COX-2, which is known to be in higher-than-usual amounts in some tumors, was present in an "up-regulated" or extremely active state in these types of tumors and might potentially be such ...Studies yield key insights in preventing destruction of insulin-producing cells
...in the development of diabetes. The ongoing trial targets people who have evidence of autoimmunity but no si...y mouth does not affect blood glucose. Rather, it targets the immune response to down regulate the immune cells that attack the insulin-producing beta cells o...Type 1 diabetes safely arrested with short-term use of new drug
...betes using a short-term therapy that specifically targets disease-causing T-cells of the immune system, the scientists report. Patients taking the drug continued to produce their own insulin and needed less supplemental hormone to maintain their blood sugar than those who did not take the drug, accordin...